Wreaths Across America ceremony

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Families gather Saturday for the second annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Members of the Patriot Guard Riders of South Texas arrive Saturday for the Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Families place wreaths on graves Saturday during the second annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Families place wreaths on graves Saturday during the second annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Families place wreaths on graves Saturday during the second annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Students from the Tuloso-Midway Primary School walk to the front of the ceremony to place one of several wreaths Saturday.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Memorial Service honor guards and members of the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery honor guard present wreaths to the memorial service and place them Saturday.

George Gongora/Special to the Caller-Times Richard Blackwell (right) and his wife, Jennifer, take part in the wreath-laying ceremony Saturday. Richard holds a wreath he and Jennifer placed on the grave of her father, a Navy veteran.